A few have suggested it, might as well test the waters. The idea is to give people who haven't read the books a safe place to talk about the show.

A few quick ground rules:

No Spoilers!!!!! for upcoming episodes.

Larger Song of Ice and Fire discussion should be limited to the other thread although I think a tiny bit of book delving to fill in holes should be okay (example of this would be talking about Catelyn and her treatment of the wolves in the novel, which was alluded to on TV but never really made clear...)

Everything that happened that week is fair game once an episode airs. So if you don't watch on Sunday night, I'd stay outta here until you do...

Speaking of... I'm not crazy about the casting for Asha. I imagined her as being a little more angular or something. That actress looked almost soft.

Though she does kind of look like a Tomboy jock, so I suppose that's correct. I just imagined her being a little more feral looking or something.

I was listening to the Sepinwall pod cast about Game of Thrones and he said some characters they completely redo from the books for TV flash. He said there are a few more as the season goes on. I guess tv critics get the first 4 episodes of the season and says episodes 3 and 4 are really good.

Looks like Renly is too stupid to combine forces with the Starks to take down the Lannisters. His wife is an interesting character though, LOL. So is that Amazon knight woman.

Wonder if we've seen the end of Pycelle? Something tells me Littlefinger and/or The Spider knew that Tyrion was toying with them and didn't spill the beans on purpose. I think The Spider is one step ahead of everyone at all times.

Interesting new role for Shay. Wonder what will happen there.

Hopefully the Starks are testing Theon's loyalty and aren't actually relying on him to turn the Greyjoy clan. It is hard to believe that he would be more loyal to the Starks than his own blood.